European countries are still struggling to achieve gender balance in public decision-making, according to a new report from the Council of Europe.
The report looks at progress made by 46 countries towards the goal set by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers in 2003 of having at least 40% of both men and women taking part in different aspects of political and public life.
On Armenia the report states:
- 9% of women elected to lower house of parliament in 2016, compared to a Europe-wide average of 25.6%; this represents a 4.6% increase from 2005 (Table 1, p. 23)
- 7% of women presidents of parliamentary committee in 2016, compared to a Europe-wide average of 25.6% (Table 3, p. 33)
- 5% of women senior and junior ministers (2016), compared to a Europe-wide average of 22.4% (Table 9, p. 44)
- 7 % evolution regarding women senior ministers during 2005-2016 (Table 10, p. 45)
- 9% of women mayors in 2016, compared to a Europe-wide average of 13.4%; this represents a 0.1% decrease since 2005 (Table 13, p. 50)
- 4% of women municipality councillors in 2016, compared to a Europe-wide average of 26%; this represents a 2.8% increase since 2005 (Table 14, p. 52)
- 40% of women party leaders in 2016, compared to a Europe-wide average of 14.8% (Table 16, p. 59)
- 25% of women in party executive and 5% women member, compared to a Europe-wide average of 27.1% and 27.5%, respectively (Table 17, p. 62-63)
- 5% of women judges in High/Supreme Courts in 2016, this represents a 2.5% increase since 2005, compared to a Europe-wide average of 33% (Table 19, p. 67)
- 2% increase of women judges in Constitutional Courts since 2005 (Table 20, p. 69-70)
- 10% of women ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary in 2016, compared to a Europe-wide average of 13 %; this represents a 1% increase since 2005 (Table 22, p. 75)
- 25% of women envoys and ministers plenipotentiary in 2016, compared to a Europe-wide average of 27.3% (Table 23, p. 77)
- 37.5% women representatives and substitutes to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2016, compared to a Europe-wide average of 35.7%; this represents a 25% increase since 2005
